Shloka 62
Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)
वाससोडर्थ परिच्छिद्य त्यक्तवान् मामनागसम् । त॑ मार्गमाणा भर्तारें दहमाना दिवानिशम्
vāsaso 'rdhaṃ paricchidya tyaktavān mām anāgasam | tāṃ mārgamāṇāṃ bhartāraṃ dahamānāṃ divāniśam ||
“他把我的衣裳割成两半，竟将无辜的我弃置不顾。此后我寻觅夫君，昼夜为忧苦所焚，心中尽是哀恸与思恋。”
बृहदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of abandoning a blameless person—especially within the marital bond—and portrays how unjust rejection leads to sustained inner suffering. It implicitly upholds responsibility (dharma) toward the innocent and warns against cruelty masked as convenience.
Bṛhadaśva narrates a woman’s plight: her husband cuts her garment in half and leaves her despite her innocence. She then wanders searching for him, tormented continuously—“day and night”—by grief and longing.